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> And Trump is going to be a President only for a few years. Except people are going silent, cowed into submission by threats of violence: https://www.nytimes.

by zfg 2y ago

> And Trump is going to be a President only for a few years. Except people are going silent, cowed into submission by threats of violence: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-democracy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-democra... They're "scared shitless": https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-congress-political-violence https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-congress-politic... And this has been going on for a while: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/mitt-romney-retiring-senate-trump-mcconnell/675306/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/mitt-ro... Trump's already tried to overthrow one election and he's already talking about trying to get a third term. He may even try to confect an excuse to stop midterm elections. I wouldn't put it past him.

thisislife2 2y ago
I am talking about international politics and you are talking about domestic politics. (Even with domestic politics, the political institutions of America are quite robust, and can withstand an assault on it. Not saying it won't hurt, but no long-term damage that can't be easily addressed is going to happen in America.)
- zfg 2y ago
  > you are talking about domestic politics. It turns out it matters who runs the country and how they run it.
  - lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y ago
    Respectfully, we are in the comments section of an article about international diplomacy and the parent commenter really went out of their way for their comment to be exclusively about US foreign policy. It’s also worth discussing domestic policy, that’s just not this thread.
    - zfg 2y ago
      Who do you think is setting foreign policy? How sure are you that "Trump is going to be a President only for a few years"? Even if elections proceed as normal, how sure are you that JD Vance, for example, won't win the next term? You don't think JD Vance's foreign policy would be different, do you? This is precisely this thread.

by zfg 2y ago

thisislife2 2y ago

I am talking about international politics and you are talking about domestic politics. (Even with domestic politics, the political institutions of America are quite robust, and can withstand an assault on it. Not saying it won't hurt, but no long-term damage that can't be easily addressed is going to happen in America.)

zfg 2y ago
> you are talking about domestic politics. It turns out it matters who runs the country and how they run it.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y ago
  Respectfully, we are in the comments section of an article about international diplomacy and the parent commenter really went out of their way for their comment to be exclusively about US foreign policy. It’s also worth discussing domestic policy, that’s just not this thread.
  - zfg 2y ago
    Who do you think is setting foreign policy? How sure are you that "Trump is going to be a President only for a few years"? Even if elections proceed as normal, how sure are you that JD Vance, for example, won't win the next term? You don't think JD Vance's foreign policy would be different, do you? This is precisely this thread.